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1997 Open Meeting Law Opinions Nevada Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1997)

handle is hein.sag/sagnv0035 and id is 1 raw text is: STATE OF NEVADA
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
100 N. Carson Street
Carson City, Nevada 89701-4717
FRANKIE SUE DEL PAPA                    Telephone (775) 684-1100                      THOMAS M. PATTON
Attorney General                        Fax (775) 684-1108                      First Assistant Attorney General
WEBSITE: http://ag.state.nv.us/
E-Mail: apinfo~ag.state.nv. us
January 14, 1997
Mr. Jim Arrendale
2233 Marlboro
Henderson, Nevada 89014
Re:    Open Meeting Law investigation / Henderson City Council / November 8th
television news report by Channel 8
Dear Jim:
On December 10, 1996, our investigator interviewed Henderson City Councilperson
Amanda Cyphers on the above-referenced matter. The investigator asked Ms. Cyphers to
provide details on the back room deal which she had mentioned on a television news report on
November 8, 1996.
Ms. Cyphers told our investigator that the meeting she had been invited to, but declined
to attend, was scheduled to be a meeting with some city staff persons who were attempting to
break an impasse in the City's collective bargaining with its Fire Department. The meeting
never took place after Ms. Cyphers declined to attend. If such a meeting had taken place, it
would have been at most a prohibited collective bargaining practice under NRS 288.270 but
would not have been a crime.
Ms. Cyphers made it clear that she was not asked to secretly meet with any other
members of the Henderson City Council on this matter or on any other matter.
Based on the information obtained, I conclude that there was no Open Meeting Law
violation implicated in the matter described by Ms Cyphers in her interview with the television

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